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REGISTERING MACHINE.

No. 5785581, Patented Dec. 15, 1896,

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L. E. ALLEN. REGISTERING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FEICE.

LUTHER E. ALLEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

REGISTERING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 573,381, dated December 15, 1896.

Application filed May 28, 1895.

To CLZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER E. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering-lvlachines, of which the following is a specification, ref erence being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in the construction of a registering-n1achine and of the several parts and arrangement and combination thereof hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my registering-machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical central longitudinal section therethrough, showing the drawer open. Fig. 3 is a cross-section at the rear of the machine, looking from the rear, the left-hand portion thereof being on the linexoc of Fig. 7 and the right-hand portion being on line 3 3 of the same figure. Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view of the upper part of the machine, illustrating the construction of the gate-frame,- switches, the. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the gate-frame. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a key and its gate. Fig. 7 is a section similar to Fig. 2, showing the ball-races inverted and the gates lifted for the purpose of discharging the counting-balls into the supplychamber. Fig. Sis a perspective view of the cash-drawer, its lock, and the charge-operating arm. Fig. 9 is a plan View of a portion of the gate-frame and associated parts.

. A is the casing, having an inclined top or cover B, and in which is the money-drawer O. The cover B is hinged to the back of the easing by suitable hinges, such as C, at its upper edge. Upon the upper face of this cover are formed a series of ball-races D, preferably substantially V-shaped in cross-section, covered by a transparent plate D, as of glass.

At the upper end of the cover B is formed a supply-chamber E for the balls E. On the cover between the ball-races and the supplychamber is the inclined surface F, which forms a continuation of the bottom of the ball-races. Supported over this surface is a gate-frame F. The under surface thereof is provided with grooves a, which form ball-receptacles above the gates 19. These gates are apertured blocks sliding in the guideway c in the gate-frame F and are actuated by means of key-levers G, pivoted at the upper end of the gate-frame and having suitable finger-pieces d at their lower edge, by means of which they may be moved laterally to shift the gate. Each key-lever has a finger or spring e pressing on the top of the gate-frame to prevent accidental displacement when any other key-lever is being operated.

II is a bar sliding longitudinally in the guide-groove in the top of the gate-frame and having a series of pins f, one for each key.

H is a spring for actuating the bar II to hold the key normally against the stop-pins It on the gate-frame.

Below the gates is a guide bar or rib I, having a guideway or groove i on its under face, into which the ball is delivered by the gate upon the operation of a key. This guideway delivers the ball into the hopper-shaped opening or groove 7t on the under side of the switchbar Z. This switch-bar is held normally in its middle position by means ofa spring m at each end, but can be moved by the operator by the switch key or post J to either side of its middle position. In its normal position all the discharge-openin gs n from the hoppergroove in the switch-bar connect into the middle ball-races o of each series, these ballraces being arranged in groups of three or more. hen moved to the right, this discharge opening will communicate with the right ball-race p and when moved to the left the left ball-race q. The gate-frame is secured at its ends by means of the screw-bolts K, passing through the cover 13.

Beneath the gate frame and preferably around the screw-bolts are springs L, acting by their tension to raise the gate-frame when the screw-bolts are loosened, and thus raise the switch and gates and the frame above the ball-races and surface F, as shown in Fig. 7. In this position such balls as have been previously delivered into the ball-races may, when the ball-races are reversely inclined, as shown in Fig. 7, run into the receptacle E. Then by screwing down the screw-bolts K the device will again be in operation. I

WVith devices of this kind it is usually customary to take the balls directly from a supply-chamber, but in this operation the balls are apt to wedge or bridge across the upper end oi? the l.)all-race, and thus prevent their certain acting. To overcome this diiiiculty, I arrange the supply-chamber upon a different plane from that in which the ball-races are arranged and provide a charger for charging the receptacles or grooves a with balls properly alined, and thus prevent this difficulty. This charger I have shown as operated by the cash-drawer and all operated to gether. It is obvious, however, that the chargers may be actuated through other instrumentalities, and I do not wish it understood that my invention is limited to a cashdrawer.

The construction. which I have shown in Figs. 1 to 8 comprises a bar 0, extending across beneath the receptacle E and provided on its upper face with a series of plungers 0, having a V-shaped groove 0 at the top. This bar is guided at its ends with rods 1 which pass through stirrups l secured to the under side of the cover 13. Q are springs on these rods which act with their tension to hold the chargers in their lower position.

R is a rock-arm on the rock-shaft R, the end of which arm extends beneath the bar 0, and S is another arm on the rock-shaft It, extending into the path of the drawer O. This drawer preferably thrown open by means of a spring T. T is a lockingdever 't'orlocle ing the drawer in its closed position. This lever has the upward extension Tiflwhieh projects beside the end of the bar it, which is provided with an inclined .tace r and is adapted to rock the lever'l." to release the look upon the operation of any key, so that the spring will throw it open.

The operator closes the drawer by hand, in which movement the drawer, striking the arm S, will rock the shaft t and raise the charger, which will pass through the shot in the sup plychamber and elevate them to the plane of the surface 1:, over which they will roll in. the receptacle (I. against the gate. This insures always bringing oil. the ball to the gate in proper alinement.

What I claim as my invention is i. In a registering-machinc, the combination. with a top having a series of ball raceways therein, a supply-chamber at the upper end of the raceways, and balls therein, oi sliding gates between the raceways and .rccepta cle, vcrt ically-reeiprocating chargers working in the supply-chamber, and having ball-rctaining grooves or seats on their upperends, keys tor laterally shifting the gates,an d means actuated by the keys for controlling the movement of the chargers in one direction, substantially as set forth.

3. in a registering-machine, the combination with a frame, a series of raceways, a supply-chamber, and balls therein, oi.- gates between the raceways and snpply chamlmr, reciprocating chargers working in the supplychamber, springs for actuating the chargers in one direction, keys for shifting the gates, means for moving the chargers against the tension of the springs, and means controlled. by the keys for controllii'ig said charger-moving means, substantially as described.

3. In a registeringunachine, the combination with a casing, a series of raceways thercin, a supply-chamber, a series of receptacles, and balls, of gates between the raceways and the receptacles, a series of chargers actingns conveyances to lift theballs from the supplychamber to the receptacles, a series of keys for shifting the gates and ll'lOYlllg'tllO chargers in one direction, and means .iTor moving the chargers in the opposite direction, substantially as deserilmd.

it. In a registering-machine, the combinm tion with the'balLrac-es, gates near the upper ends thereof, keys for actuating the gates, ball-receptacles above the gates, a ball-sup ply chamber, the balls and aseries oi. chargers, one for each receptacle, and means for a tin ating all the chargers upon the operation of any key.

In a registering-maclline, the combine-- tion with the ball-races, gates near the upper end thereof, keys for actuating the ates,

plungers for carrying balls to the gat the balls and a cash-drawer for actuating the plungers, substantially as described.

6. In a registeringenaehine the combinze tion with-a case having a. hinged top, ball-- racewa'ys in the top, and a snpply-chamber, oi. gates between the chamber and Lracewmeans for .illttOl'lOlltlOllttY shifting the gal; means for simultaneously ..'emov.ing all of the gates, a series of balls, at caslrdrawer, and means actuated by the drawer for tree lsie rri ng the balls from the chamber to the 'raceways, substantially s deserilmd.

T. ltn a registering-1nachine, the combina tion of the casing, an inclined cover thereon, a series of ball-racestormed in. the top of the cover, balls adapted to move therein and the receptacle in. the cover at its upper cdges'lne low the plane oi the baltraces, a gate-frame secured to the cover at the upper end of the races, laterally-mevable gates therein, and lateraliy-movable keys pivoted on the lfirame and. adapted to control. the gates.

8. in a registeririg-machine oi. the kindde scribed, the combination of the cznah-drawer, the gate-frame, the actuating k levers ti, the gate h controlled. thereby, ste '0]: limit ing the motion of the keys in one direction the spring-actuated. bar l I. having pins ada. ted to engage the keys on the op iosite side from the stops, and the latch for the drawer actuated. by the bar it, substantially as dcscribed.

9. In a registering machineoif the kind described, the combination of the gate-frame, the key levers pivoted thereon, the gates therein actuated by thekeys, the caslr-iflrawcr, a lock for the cash-drawer, a sp'rin --act'uatcd sliding ar it having pins (one for each key) with which the key-levers engage and means for releasing the drawer-lock through said bar ll, si'ibstantially as described,

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of the same having capacity for a stack or collected series of balls, a series of chargers working in a portion only of the chamber,

and having ball-receiving recesses at their ends, means for reciprocating the chargers,

and gates for the raceways, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. LUTHER E. ALLEN.

lVitnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, O. F. BARTHEL. 

